Cameron the lefty?: 8 in the morning – October 15th

8am

By Mark Ferguson / @markfergusonuk

* Simon Jenkins thinks that the coalition is the most left wing government since the war…

* Denis MacShane has been referred to the police over expense allegations.

* Nick Clegg’s seat is now a three-way marginal argues Lord Ashcroft.

* Clegg has today unveiled his “fairness permium”.

* How much money has been saved by the “bonfire of the quangos”? The answer – not much…

* Home Office to return failed asylum seekers to Zimbabwe.

* David Cameron is under fire over his links to Rupert Murdoch.

* And London’s firefighters have voted overwhelmingly in favour of strike action.

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